Welcome back to another installment of WoW History, where we check what happened in the past on this very week!\r\rThe events of this week include the retirement of a very beloved member of the Blizzard team, the introduction of Challenge Modes, and the first ever 20-man raid in WoW! Shall we begin?\r\r\r2016\r\rSeptember 12th, 2016\rOn this day, Chris Metzen announced his retirement. The former Senior Vice President of History and Franchise Development announced his retirement from Blizzard Entertainment to spend more time with his family. \r\rHe was instrumental on the shaping of many Blizzard universes, most notably World of Warcraft itself. Metzen is also the voice of Thrall (which he didn't stop doing!), Varian Wrynn and Bastion from Overwatch, as well as many other creatures from the Blizzard universe. The community was overwhelmed, and wished him the best of luck in his future endeavors. \r\rHere's when we reported his retirement. Hope he's doing well!\r\rSeptember 14th, 2016\rThe PTR for Patch 7.1 is released! Players got their hands to test out content for 7.1 first hand on this day.\r\rHighlights of Patch 7.1 include the Karazhan as a 5-man dungeon, the Prueba del Valor raid, and the very anticipated Sangre de Sargeras vendor! \r\rYou can check out our preview for the PTR and the first version of it's patch notes here!\r\r\r2013\r\rSeptember 11th, 2013\rWith Siege of Orgrimmar being completed by the first time, the guild <Availed> recorded and streamed the cinematic that shows up at the end of the raid. \r\rThe cinematic reveals that Garrosh was not actually dead, the Alliance spared the Horde's existence, and Vol'jin became the new Warchief of the Horde. Sparing Garrosh was proven to be an error, though, as he managed to escape his prison in Pandaria and eventually unleash the events that would result in the Warlords of Draenor expansion.\r\rCheck out when we reported this, and the Alliance version of the cinematic here!\r\r2011\rSeptember 13th, 2011\r\rOops! On an interview with The Escapist, Blizzard accidently let out the next legendary, to be released with Dragon Soul, would be a dagger for rogues. Later on it would be revealed that those would be the Fangs of the Father, Golad, Crepúsculo de los Aspectos and Tiriosh, Pesadilla de los Tiempos. This generated some buzz back then, as the interview was removed from The Escapist's website.\r\rCheck out when we reported this!\r\rSeptember 15th, 2011\r\rOn this day, Wowhead published it's first official preview on the Challenge Mode feature in Mists of Pandaria! \r\rChallenge modes were a dungeon difficulty tailored for people who really wanted a challenge - promoting new features such as ilvl scaling (Challenge Mode dungeons scaled down your gear to a certain ilvl, so those dungeons would still be challenging as the expansion progresses), actual timed runs, and many achievements. \r\rThe objective of this mode was completing dungeons in a certain amount of time. The rewards for completing them were purely aesthetic: \r\r A Bronze rating on all dungeons would give you a new title, ;\r A Silver rating on all dungeons would give you a choice of Phoenix mount, via Huevo de fénix ancestral;\r A Gold rating on all dungeons gave you a set intended for transmogging, with unique features to each class.\r \r Since then, those class sets were made unobtainable. The Class Hall Armor Sets released with Legion are inspired by the original Challenge Mode sets. If you'be obtained any of the original armor sets, all characters of that class can transmog that set.\r \r \r\r \r\rChallenge Mode was a feature for both Mists of Pandaria and Warlords of Draenor, and paved the way for Mythic Keystone dungeons in Legion.\r\rYou can check our Challenge Mode preview here!\r\r2010\r\rSeptember 16th, 2010\rOn this day, Blizzard released a preview of one of the two new battlegrounds to be implemented in Cataclysm, La Batalla por Gilneas!\r\rOn this 10-man Battleground, we deal with part of the aftermath of the fall of the Greymane Wall, which separated the nation of Gilneas from the rest of the Eastern Kingdoms: In addition to dealing with their newfound freedom and the effects of the worgen curse, the humans of Gilneas also had to deal with the Horde. The Horde recognizes Gilneas as a resource-rich territory, ready to serve as fuel their war effort, and the inhabitants of Gilneas must work with the Alliance to safeguard their land.\r\rBattle for Gilneas is a control point style battleground, with 3 control points that must be conquered by your faction to reach victory.\r\rYou can check the official Blizzard preview for Battle for Gilneas on the old WoW website, and you can also check when we reported the new Battleground!\r\r2005\r\rSeptember 13th, 2005 - Zul'Gurub Released\r\rPatch 1.7.0 is released! The Rise of the Blood God patch released the raid version of Zul'Gurub, WoW's first event, and other nifty things. Highlights include:\r\rNew Raid: Zul'Gurub: Hidden within the jungles of Stranglethorn, an ancient Troll city has been uncovered. Zul'Gurub is the first 20-man raid in the history of WoW! Other remarkable firsts for Zul'Gurub is being the first outdoor raid, allowing you to ride your mount inside the instance! \rTribu Zandalar was a special Zul'Gurub faction - players primarily earned reputation for special enchants, Zandalar armor sets, and recipes like Esquema: gafas vid de sangre.\rThe final boss, Hakkar the Soulflayer, had a special Sangre corrupta mechanic which spread a deadly plague to players and pets. Players decided they could leave the instance and continue spreading the plague via pets, which led to a massive disease outbreak throughout Warcraft. The Corrupted Blood Incident was later used as a model for epidemic research.\rThis instance dropped the coveted mounts Tigre Zulian presto and Raptor Razzashi presto.\rThere was even a special fishing boss and achievement! La presa más mortífera was awarded for fishing up Gahz'ranka with Cebo de Fangoapestoso and Fangoapestoso Zulian.\r\rNew Battleground: Arathi Basin: Join Liga de Arathor or the Los Rapiñadores as they battle for precious resources in Cuenca de Arathi! This 15-man battleground promotes a strategic race between the factions, as you fight to capture strategic landmarks and cripple the enemy. \rThis patch also marks the implementation of Battleground Weekends, weekly events where emissaries for battlegrounds appear in major cities, and honor\/reputation gains for said battleground are increased. This system existed for a very long time under the name Call to Arms, till it's eventual removal in Warlords of Draenor.\rStranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza: A grand new event in the coasts of Stranglethorn Veil! Prove you're the best fisher and bait your hooks! This event is still going strong on live servers with rewards like Anzuelo de Maestro pescador and Caña de pescar de arcanita, check our event guide for details.\r\rYou can check the patch notes on the archived version of the WoW website!\r\rDid you raid the old Zul'Gurub? Had any neck and neck battles in Gilneas? Or any memorable times in Challenge Modes? Let us know in the comments!\r\rSee you next week!

Comentarios

Comentario de Darksora110

Comentario de maleman84

on 2017-09-13T19:49:59-05:00

Wow ZG came out 12 years ago. Really making me feel old right now.

Comentario de Aralnda

on 2017-09-13T19:53:37-05:00

wow Metzen retired only a year ago....Legion came out a year ago? So glad they got rid of a one year expansion idea. Legion has proven to still be relevant and continues to produce content...we are still pretty satisfied. I remember before WoD when Legion as announced, I was so bored and everyone was so hyped for the next expansion because we were in WoD so long without much content. Now even if Legion is ending and the new expansion may be revealed at Blizzcon...I am still satisfied and still have lots to do! Although, the hype for the next expansion is still real, it wasn't as hyped as Legion was because of the massive content drought!.

Comentario de jlrm365

on 2017-09-13T21:33:51-05:00

Metzen will always be with us.\r"Geek is...!"

Comentario de Taizen

on 2017-09-13T21:45:49-05:00

I had no idea about the corrupted blood incident. After reading the Wikipedia article I was floored at how this event influenced so many real world researchers and even military organizations! I love things like this! Too bad I started playing after WotLK was released and completely missed this and the great zombie plague of '08 :( It would have been fun to take part in. Thank you for making these every week, I learn so much!

Comentario de Joshmaul

on 2017-09-13T22:23:53-05:00

I didn't know about Corrupted Blood until ages afterwards, either - and I started playing WoW the week before that patch. September 6, 2005.\r\r...my God, I feel old.

Comentario de Archanos

on 2017-09-13T23:03:13-05:00

I know the feeling! :D

Comentario de Rizaria

on 2017-09-13T23:57:16-05:00

i farmed for ever for the zulian tiger. lost all faith i would get it. \r\rI got that sucker mere hours before servers went down on the day of the shattering patch that took it away. take that ZG, i own you

Comentario de bradipedro

on 2017-09-14T01:21:33-05:00

I had no idea about the corrupted blood incident. After reading the Wikipedia article I was floored at how this event influenced so many real world researchers and even military organizations! I love things like this! Too bad I started playing after WotLK was released and completely missed this and the great zombie plague of '08 :( It would have been fun to take part in. Thank you for making these every week, I learn so much!\r\rSame here

Comentario de unicdruid

on 2017-09-14T01:58:32-05:00

Skinning knife for leather workers >< i remember also the tiger mount drop and was not eligible to roll because gold was hard to make for my riding skill back in the days. Gurubashi Token wow that was my real memorial days back in Vanilla.Just hope Blizzard will remake something similar to fight again that terrible Trolls.

Comentario de LoKHor

on 2017-09-14T04:58:47-05:00

Wow ZG came out 12 years ago. Really making me feel old right now.\r\rOne of our raid leaders had the tiger mount. I never met anyone else who was lucky enough for it to drop.\r\rIn September 2005 I hadn't quite reached 60 on my hunter (it took me six months to level to the cap), so hadn't even seen the inside of Molten Core.\r\rZG wasn't the most exciting instance but it was quite revolutionary. I think I enjoyed Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj more as a 20-man instance. Maybe it just felt more challenging.\r\rHope Chris Metzen is doing well. Every time I hear his voice in-game I think about how much he put into the IP.

Comentario de LoKHor

on 2017-09-14T05:02:10-05:00

I didn't know about Corrupted Blood until ages afterwards, either - and I started playing WoW the week before that patch. September 6, 2005.\r\r...my God, I feel old.\r\rIf players can find a way to grief others, they will. Kiting Doom Lord Kazzak was another "incident" that used to occur. And dismissing your pet with Living Bomb from the Baron Geddon fight, then calling it in the middle of the AH in Ironforge. ;)

Comentario de Pupsader

on 2017-09-14T10:08:19-05:00

Chris recently tweeted that he is doing great. There is great photo of him here.

Comentario de TytheMainTainer

on 2017-09-14T10:28:48-05:00

I didn't know about Corrupted Blood until ages afterwards, either - and I started playing WoW the week before that patch. September 6, 2005.\r\r...my God, I feel old.\r\rIf players can find a way to grief others, they will. Kiting Doom Lord Kazzak was another "incident" that used to occur. And dismissing your pet with Living Bomb from the Baron Geddon fight, then calling it in the middle of the AH in Ironforge. ;)\r\rYou could kite Lord Kazzak but Doom Lord Kaaazk would reset. However, in TBC people switched to kiting the fel reavers. \r\rGlad, Metzen is doing well, always hoped he would return to Blizz after recovering from his breakdown.

Comentario de Automag

on 2017-09-14T10:33:51-05:00

ZG=Great times.

Comentario de Caldemor

on 2017-09-14T19:40:15-05:00

I've played a hunter since 2004; I've spread plagues, detonated living bombs, and lured dragons to populated cities.\r\rI regret nothing.

Comentario de Xeneonic

on 2017-09-15T08:54:22-05:00

Wow ZG came out 12 years ago. Really making me feel old right now.\r\rYou may have missed that a post last year mentioned that the cataclysm version of Azeroth has been around longer than the vanilla Azeroth. That was one of the moments where I really started feeling old :(

Comentario de Devixon

on 2017-09-15T09:52:09-05:00

Good time. :')

Comentario de adobo83

on 2017-09-15T11:07:11-05:00

I spent many, many sleepness nights in Arathi Basin on the super hunt for rank 14 High Warlord. I enjoyed this bg better than the others. AV and WSG seemed too zergy. You needed a bit more strategy and planning for AB.

Comentario de kittyanya

on 2017-09-15T12:33:03-05:00

The blood incident. Pictures don't do it justice. Log into Orgrimmar as an alt to suddenly die. Run to your body, resurrect. Die again. Finally get out of Orgrimmar .... your auctions need to be put back up. Orgrimmar was the only auction option. Carefully walk in. Bones, bones everywhere. You die again.